Thursday TV Ratings 8/27/26: Big Brother Dips for 1000th Episode, Jeopardy! Masters Comes Back Down to Earth, Adults Remains Low in Season Two [+ Analysis]

Wednesday's surge proved to be short-lived for Jeopardy! Masters (0.25, -0.12), as the series came back down to a comparatively modest level on ABC. On CBS, Big Brother (0.64, -0.01) inched down for its 1000th episode. NBC aired drama repeats (0.17/0.17/0.15), while the CW aired game show reruns (0.06/0.04). Fox went with reruns of The 1% Club (0.16) and Best Medicine (0.09). Key: (R) = repeat.

Friday TV Ratings 6/26/26: World Cup Declines but Continues to Easily Lead, Dateline Strong, NHL Draft Up from 2025 [+ Analysis]

A diminished FIFA World Cup broadcast (1.81) was still easily in the lead on Friday night, meaning Fox was once again on top. On NBC, Dateline (0.24, +0.09) surged, building on the repeat of America's Got Talent (0.18) that led into it. ABC aired a Celebrity Jeopardy! rerun (0.19) and 20/20 (0.19). CBS went with repeats of Sheriff Country (0.21), Fire Country (0.13), and Boston Blue (0.12). On the CW, an encore presentation of the Taylor Swift documentary Taylor (0.01) posted the same rating it did in its initial airing (0.01). Key: (R) = repeat.

Sunday TV Ratings 6/14/26: Stanley Cup Final Rises for Final Game as Hurricanes Come Out on Top, World Cup Strong on FS1, The Vampire Lestat Ticks Up [+ Analysis]

On ABC, the Stanley Cup Final (1.58, +0.1) gained a tenth in game six as the Hurricanes came out on top. CBS aired repeats of 60 Minutes (0.21), Marshals (0.12/0.10), and Tracker (0.16). MLB on NBC (0.23) lost to a repeat of Fox game show The Quiz with Balls (0.27). Fox also aired repeats of The Simpsons (0.20), Animal Control (0.13), Universal Basic Guys (0.11), and Grimsburg (0.08). The CW aired the film Top Gun (0.06). Key: (R) = repeat.

Thursday TV Ratings 6/11/26: Surviving Earth Solid in Premiere Despite Drawing Smaller Audience Than The Americas Repeat, Stanley Cup Final Ticks Up Again, Respectable Opening for World Cup on FS1 [+ Analysis]

Nature documentary series Surviving Earth (0.27) got off to a solid start on NBC, and the repeat of The Americas (0.27) that followed boasted full retention. Over on ABC, game five of the Stanley Cup Final (1.48, +0.04) grew slightly from game four. CBS (0.26/0.21/0.16/0.15) aired a mix of comedy and drama reruns. On Fox, the movie Daughter of the Bride (0.12) posted a fairly modest rating. Scrabble (0.04, +0.01) gained a hundredth on the CW, while Trivial Pursuit (0.04, -0.01) lost one. Key: (R) = repeat.

Tuesday TV Ratings 6/9/26: Bear Grylls is Running Wild Ends on a Series Low, Farmer Wants a Wife Finale Ticks Up, Stanley Cup Final Rises Again [+ Analysis]

It was finale night on Fox, and Farmer Wants a Wife (0.14, +0.01) closed out its season with an uptick, but Bear Grylls Is Running Wild (0.08, -0.01) dipped to a new low on its way out. On ABC, the Stanley Cup Final (1.44, +0.02) inched up in game four. On NBC, America's Got Talent (0.45, -0.05) and Password (0.25, -0.04) dealt with some notable post-premiere declines. CBS went with repeats of NCIS (0.16), NCIS: Origins (0.13), and NCIS: Sydney (0.11). WWE NXT (0.09, +0.02) climbed higher on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.